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| Brand: Amazon
Used (28) Refurbished (1) from $125.00
Rating:  16617 reviews
Sales Rank: 1
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.3 x 0.4
Model: D00701
UPC: 892685001218
EAN: 0892685001218
Release Date: October 19, 2009
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 One of my most favorite purchases!!!!!!!! July 29, 2010
Roeundc (New York)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is one of my favorite purchases. I simply love my new kindle. I love the ease of use as well as the fact that it weighs so little, and is so thin. I bring it everywhere with me. I may never buy another paper book! I have been showing and telling everyone, from work to inner circles about my new kindle. I find it so easy to just download my books now, I don't have to find the time to go to the book store now,the ok store is right at my fingertips a minute away. The price is also a good deal. I have been recomending this to everyone.
 Christmas with Kindle July 29, 2010
Ronald G. Stewart (Cabot, AR, US)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I am Ron Stewart's wife. I have been married 25 years and this was the best Christmas present ever. I read a lot, it's the way I relax before retiring for the night. I don't care about having access to e-mail, phones, music, etc. I just like to read. This has been awesome for me. I can finish a book and don't have to wait to go purchase another I just quickly connect to wireless internet and enjoy. This has allowed me to try new authors as well at a minimal cost. When I can't find my reading glasses, I just adjust the font size, no worries. Love it!
6" Kindle July 29, 2010
Captdurr
Excellent little e-reader....downloads fast... very clear/readable display, even in sunlight!!!
4 stars out of 5.
The "on/off/standby" switch is easy to switch on, or go to standby, but it takes longer than the 6 seconds it states in the manual to turn it off. Needs a better off switch.
One month of use at time of this review.
 Kindle Deletes Important Text July 29, 2010
Dissatisfied Kindle Owner
0 out of 5 found this review helpful
Purchase a copy of Bob Greene's MANAGING DIABETES and the Kindle does NOT produce critical text information in side bars/boxes. This defect renders the purchase of the Kindle version useless, and required us to purchase a hard copy from Borders.
I am so sorry that I bought this ill conceived and under performing product! It's a piece of crap worthy of a class-action RICO suit.
New Kindle Coming in Days July 28, 2010
Sick of It All (Suck City)
3 out of 7 found this review helpful
This article was published in the Wall Street Journal today. I know that Amazon's moles will jump all over me, but they can kiss it.
Kindle to Go 'Mass Market'
Amazon Digs in Heels by Introducing New, Cheaper Version of E-Book Reader
By GEOFFREY A. FOWLER
The Wall Street Journal | JULY 28, 2010
Amazon.com Inc. plans to release a cheaper Kindle e-reader next month, said Chief Executive Jeff Bezos, laying out a strategy to go "mass market" with an inexpensive gadget designed to do just one thing: sell digital books from Amazon.
The new Kindle features a screen with increased gray-scale contrast, a battery that lasts for a month, and a slightly smaller size. It will come in two flavors: one with Wi-Fi and 3G Internet connections selling for $189, the other with Wi-Fi only for $139. The latter will be among the cheapest wireless-equipped e-readers on the market, at least for now.
"We developed this device for serious readers. At these price points, it may be much broader than that," said Mr. Bezos in an interview. "People will buy them for their kids. People won't share Kindles any more."
Amazon will begin taking orders Thursday and the new models will begin shipping Aug. 27 to customers in 140 countries.
Today's digital reading market is vastly larger--and more competitive--than it was when Amazon unveiled the current generation of Kindle 17 months ago. Analysts estimate Amazon still is the largest player in the market, but it now includes rivals like Barnes & Noble Inc.'s Nook, which has waged a battle with Amazon over prices and has a Wi-Fi-only model priced at $149.
On the high end of the market, Amazon must compete with multi-purpose tablet computers, in particular Apple Inc.'s $499 and up iPad, which comes with Apple's competing iBookstore.
In June, Barnes & Noble had lowered the price of its Nook to $199, and Amazon lowered the price of the Kindle to $189 just hours later.
Mr. Bezos takes pains to distinguish the Kindle from the iPad, saying the company is committed to making a single-purpose piece of consumer electronics. Mr. Bezos said he intentionally left off some potential whiz-bang features from the new Kindle, like color and touch-screen controls, that would have introduced compromises to the reading experience such as glare.
"For the vast majority of books, adding video and animation is not going to be helpful. It is distracting rather than enhancing. You are not going to improve Hemingway by adding video snippets," he said.
Underscoring that, Mr. Bezos said he wasn't interested in making an Amazon tablet computer. "There are going to be 100 companies making LCD [screen] tablets," he said. "Why would we want to be 101? I like building a purpose-built reading device. I think that is where we can make a real contribution."
Still, Amazon has hedged its bets for its e-bookstore, making a series of apps that let users read their Amazon e-book purchases on other devices, such as the iPad, iPhone and BlackBerry.
The dual nature of Amazon's Kindle brand, both e-book reader and e-bookstore, is underscored by the way Amazon runs those businesses, with separate teams focused on each. "Internally, we view them as two stand-alone businesses that have to succeed on their own merits," said Mr. Bezos.
Some publishers have begun focusing efforts on interactive books for textbook and reference titles, while newspaper and magazine publishers have shifted their efforts away from the Kindle and towards tablets such as the iPad that offer color and interactive capabilities.
The new Kindle device still won't be able to show such content, and could leave its market position vulnerable to devices that do.
Instead, Mr. Bezos said Amazon spends its time focusing on more subtle improvements to the Kindle's reading experience. For example, the device is 21% smaller, even though it has the same six-inch screen as its predecessor. Potential distractions on the screen--like the bar at the top featuring the title of the book--have been removed or minimized.
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Additional note: To see photos of the new Kindle, visit Engadget online.
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